Jawood, a Troy-based staffing services company, is "growing by leaps and bounds," according the Mary Wettergren, its director of marketing. The company was noted as the area's largest staffing services company in Crain's Detroit Business' most recent Book of Lists.
Wettergren explains that Jawood specializes in contract employment, but they also offer "contract-to-hire and permanent placement" of staff. Jawood can handle management and payroll, depending on the client's needs.
"Flexibility is a big thing for us," she says.
Their database includes thousands of pre-screened job candidates and they also access web databases. Jawood also recruits from the ranks of the employed if they eye someone who "might want a change and is well qualified."
Wettergren believes the firm continues to grow because of its integrity. "Over 70 percent of the people we place are referrals from other employers or managers. I think that when you have people that will refer you, that you have a much better chance, and we usually get excellent referrals."
She also credits the firm's diversity. "We have clients in every industry – and that diversity also goes into flexibility. We're getting bigger and bigger and things are going well."
Source: Mary Wettergen, Jawood
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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